Michael Manring "Red Right Returning"

[jjdubs]

Hey! Think he'll come to my house? I'm in Indiana!

[Motorheadbanger93]

@jjdubs Same here. We need Manring to come to Indiana.

[JackOrion0670]

I think Jaco would be so proud of Manring.

[DraganDrabic]

1:16 Röyksopp

[lexusmaxus]

Guy is so good u jus wan to

[SimpleSimonUTubeUser]

Beautiful. Reminding me about Percy Jones somehow. Something about slides and bass tone. Both are great.

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

Tapping is SO 90s.

[krapow71]

I've tried so hard but I couldn't find those notes on my bass..Damn!!

I think my bass next winter will become a nice log for fireplace.

[20smallcigars]

What a player, heard him first on a Michael Hedges LP, fantastic

[natadetoto]

Simply Magic!

[camotero1]

Wow. That was just beautiful. Thank you for posting.

[escapethehero]

Fuck, nevermind. Apparently he has! Awesome!!

[Humandavid1]

@escapethehero Fuck, indeed. Fuck, indeed....

[escapethehero]

He needs to team up with Andy McKee

[pietzouille]

@escapethehero already has

[AJ19100]

FOR THE FIRST TIME I LESSON THIS SONG ,I NEVER NEW IT WAS MICHAEL

I WAS 12 WAN I LESSON THIS TRACK IN MEXICO , LOL I USE TO GO AN SLEEP WITH THIS SONG AND THINK AT NIGHT WOW BIG MEMORYS , I WENT BACK IN TIME NICE :)

[djero44]

Thanks for posting these videos, Michael is a wizard and a sage. His music is soul inspiring.

[fenderjb2112]

god this is beautiful

[TeeWeeQcKsteel]

I like him more with open hair, and playing with the intonation tones :-)

But in every way, he is perfect...also see the amazing chilling *Selene* jaaaahhh

[gebass6]

For those who don't know,you can get a newsletter from Michael at manthing.com.It'll keep you posted about his travels,club dates,and disc releases.

[ssdtrain]

someone burps between 5:17 and 5:21 ??!! nice....

[gebass6]

@ssdtrain You're listening WAY TOO HARD!

[Gangstafather]

wizman? can u tell me please the key he is playing?

[gebass6]

@Gangstafather It sounds like E Mixolydian.

[Gangstafather]

@gebass6

jeah jeah i think his bass is tuned in

E2 A2 D2 A3

im trying to figure out the notes hes playing to write them down.. but its very hard..

[morselax012]

Ok Michael Manring haters, Manring is a Berklee alumni, he knows his stuff. This is his take on music. He is doing what a good musician does, his own thing

[rockston11]

@morselax012

Right on, bra'.

[panteralover23]

See, the annoying thing about it to me is that he doesn't really play like a bass. He's more or less just messing around with tones and stuff. I wanted to hear some slapping and popping and some good stuff like that.

[bonzelite]

@panteralover23 Manring DOES "slap and pop" --he does everything and is a master musician. Perhaps you are unaware of him, hence your narrow-minded comment.

[panteralover23]

@bonzelite, dude, calm down. I was simply stating that on the Hyper Bass, it's a bit boring and he's not really playing it like a bass. I wasn't upset, I was simply voicing an opinion.

[bonzelite]

@panteralover23 my apologies

[chienbrun66]

enfin un qui joue de la musique ! merci

[vkotis]

why am i only hearing about this guy now?! have i been under a rock all my life? this sounds great!

[rickrudd]

I used to think that I didn't like Michael Manring because I found the whole tuning change thing to be obnoxiously self-indulgent, but this is GREAT! Big big fan.

[benbasketballgtar]

around 4 minutes is just the most intense thing ive ever seen man he did something i have never seen in my entire life, he is truely a prodigy

[bobbyflay]

he's really freaking talented, but i just cant get into his music

[leuwenharty]

at your house?? yea sure... its from the Michael Manring DVD...

[CoolKodiak]

So academic, u should fart a bit........

[DarknerdMMO]

Is it just me or does this sound a little bit influenced by his teacher's song, "Portrait of Tracy?"

[abs3nt]

@DarknerdMMO just noticed this sound also like jacos beatles cover "blackbird" quite in the middle of the tune

[alicestreetmusic]

to understand a Bass and really make music out of it is not as simple as with a guitar. Michael Manring is one of those who does.

[kIwiZaLegEND]

he s definetly a mighty funky guy... :D

[Axmanius]

YES!! It's a great song, lovely.. But also the true title of it is:

Red Light Returning ;)

cheers

[MrGameposter]

I went on the Zon website and checked. This costs 8495$ if you add everything onto it, except left-handed, which would bump it up to almost 10k.

[togue777]

The tones he rings out of the bass are just mind boggling. I like that whole progression that starts at 1:46. Very mesmerising.

[ShakeTheMuskrat]

His ear for what sounds good with the fretless, along with the harmonics, is unbelievable. Unlike a lot of players, he makes incredible use of the equipment, and gets a tone that's out of this world.

[RedRightReturning]

Very enjoyable. Thanks.

[enki35]

Excellent!!! :)

[meomy12]

...just playback... hmmm, just jelous...

[bakkersyx]

this guy is god

[NOBODYPICKEDTHISNAME]

God is the best... but check out Victor Wooten too on bass if you haven't yet.

[lfgalbraith]

1:17 and the 20 seconds after it is my favorite bass snippet of all time- just beautiful

This is the kind of music you put on your headphones and fly away to... I LOVE this

[ThomasWerff]

Röyksopp - 40 Years Back/Come, I knew I hearded it somewhere before! Love it

[ShelteringSky86]

such a master

[mudoctave223]

i just heard the trio of doom recently i think thats so amazing.... this is just as mind blowing, i need that bass, its nicer than his other one. its hard to get people to like your music though i guess idk.

[RandomGuyBlake54]

You can get it, but in another video where michael is explaining the hyper bass he said you basically have to sell your car to get one of these, lol

[fenderman4]

yeah, I checked out how much one of them would cost, and it's anywhere between $5,000- 6,000.

[VonStoven]

@fenderman4 actually much more, the ones speced out on the site don't include the ridiculous bridge that this one has, the bridge alone costs more than most basses.

[Jimmytuba08]

It's not so much his technique I'm loving in his playing...it's the different chord progressions and his creativity when it comes to harmony...Adhan is a great example of this...

[DORKYBA55ATTACK]

and the 20 different key changes he can pull off. :D

[bassgenius6]

if you can't identify the beauty in micheal manring you can go turn on your radio and listen to you britney spears.

[DuskY1991]

@bassgenius6 I usually listen to Taylor Swift but I feel I can I identify the beauty in Michael Manring's music(ality), originality, ingenuity and I just can't find the words... just... magnificent...

Say/think whatever you want.

[MrStrangeSensation]

@DuskY1991

You can listen to whatever you want, as long as you at least acknowledge the unbelievable amount of talent and heart that he (Manring) has to offer. Hats off to you.

[DuskY1991]

@MrStrangeSensation Yes, and when ou say that, Michael Hedges immediately comes to mind.

I can never stand people not acknowledging such amazing talent (that feeling of knowing you're right but just being unable to prove it with some hard evidence, so to speak)..

[JBJHJM]

@bassgenius6 I'm happy there're still guys out there that recognize real music, soul and creativity! *no I don't mean britney spears* :P

[omgnuub]

@bassgenius6 wow what a snobby comment, it suits your user name. There's no reason to compare, two different things completly. it's like you would say "well if you don't like paintings then you can read your stupid books instead". Pointless. Pointless and arrogant. If I were to compare I find this more interesting but as I stated earlier. Pointless.

[feedingfiction]

@omgnuub Are you saying music is to music as paintings are to books? You must not have taken literature in high school.

[feedingfiction]

@omgnuub Firstly I didn't pass any judgement on the radio. Second, comparing different musical styles is like comparing 2 totally different art mediums (paint and literature)? No, its maybe comparing modern art to contemporary, or a sci-fi/mystery book to a romance novel. Same art forms different demographic.

[ninestraycats]

@bassgenius6 or i dunno, open your mind and see the beauty of both?

[feedingfiction]

@ninestraycats I don't see the beauty in artists that can't even write their own music. I listen to a wide variety of music. As long as it fits my criteria of being original. I don't pass any judgement on the radio, but the fact is the programming is highly unoriginal, and formulaic. Why should I see beauty in music that is there purely as a money maker?

[DORKYBA55ATTACK]

I don't even have old copies of bass player. I found this guy on YouTube.

And he's not communicating he has chops as much as he is just doing what he does best: being an artist. Granted, there's definitely more beautiful music out there.

[trank123]

fantastic muzik

[gebass6]

Another bassist to check out.Jeff Schmidt.

[BossBassist]

jeff schmidt...my favorite

[Vongola007]

That guy is truly amazing!

[Jordonsbass]

wut i love about this guy is that he useis threat less basses and with that theres no limite to any thing on bass i love it!!

[Lasdferret]

A threat less bass eh? What is a threatening kind of bass?

[joerobot32]

i think he meant fretless

[6ADAM6BAUM6]

what? you've never heard of a threat- less bass? they use it in rap quite a bit because it's boring and lacks integrity. it will not assault your ear's for good or bad.

[doublethumpbass89]

@6ADAM6BAUM6 hell yea i know what you mean most rap on the radios nowawdays is just "booooooooooom...clap...booom bboom boom...clap.."

and thats it...it pisses me off as a bassist who studies michael manring and jaco like crazy....i mean shit at least back in the 90s rap music had basslines that grooved

[rockston11]

@doublethumpbass89

Do you listen to any of Victor Wooten's stuff?

[TheFunkaholic]

Lemmy's bass is pretty threatening.

[BAJJMiller]

Fender Jazz, bridge pickup only. It has a REALLY aggressive sound.

[EliasMohr]

Its a zon hyper bass..

[Sortsylic]

Neck made of graphyte?

[James015]

The neck is made of wood, I believe.

[antiglobalist]

@James015 Seems to me like it's made of awesome.

[BenZeneProject]

The whole thing is one solid, shaped piece of graphite. I played one years ago at a local music store and went home very sorrowful. The model I played was $3,000 and there was no way to fit 4 hipshot detuners on it.

It takes a custom headstock that can fit all 4 detuners to do this, and a cubic assload of talent and practice.

[drkorg]

1:15 royksopp :)

[hoobert]

So it is! Well spotted.

[bonzelite]

every piece of music from Manring is stunning!

[JamesTheFiddler]

O man this is some beautiful stuff. I so want a bass like that. If you can where can i buy one

[FlamingTV]

In the zon guitars webpage there is a list of dealers. Try googling "zon bass guitar"

[robbymadore]

you can actually design your own bass on his sight, and joe zon will make it for you. but, it costs a shitload of money. the bass he's playing is like $5400.

[Amazingripper]

Really, that is a humble bass hero. If you close your eyes and forget the instrument for a second, you don't realize how hard these songs are, but when you see such a performance.. o_0!

[manthisprog]

Awesooooomeeeee!!!!

[Bajsie]

Wow, truly a musician!

[jazztubo]

Yeah you're right, that is a special customized Zon Sonus Fretless Bass, my favourite among all the basses I've seen or heard...

[kukenimunnen]

The material found in that bass is also used as a foundation in Abrams tanks.

[foowah7]

I love his style.

[rojas2284]

Cool excellent #20,438

[orestisfikos]

great bassman!

[bazael182]

Einai trelos autos.

[pauldavidharbour]

i played this bass for two days...its simply one if the finest playing instruments i have ever encountered. its owner is pretty goo as well.

[bassguitarplayer1994]

Love this song!

[gexv8]

Is that a Zon Legacy he is playing?

[wizman440]

I thought it was a hyperbass because it has the super deep three octave cutaway and detuners, but the upper bout is that of a Sonus. I think it was a custom cutaway Sonus Fretless. I was sitting three feet from it and it had me fooled.

[Funkyskunk01]

Its a Zon hybrid bass.. custom for him

[PCXVII]

@wizman440 It's not a hyperbass, it doesn't have the cutaway for the bridge manipulation.

[MrStrangeSensation]

@wizman440

Can I ask how did you manage to get Michael Manring to play at your house??? Just curious. And thanks a bunch for posting these videos, the quality is outstanding and in my opinion they are some of the best on YouTube.

[EliasMohr]

I am in love with that bass..

[Romulan07]

Holy harmonics, Batman! :O

[iloveasiangirls]

I would LOVE to see Michael Manring perform with Jean Bauldin. Imagine him soloing over an 11 string tapping melody!

:D

It's almost orgasmic, as if his music wasn't good enough on it's own. :P

[libryk]

Isn't Bauldin only into games songs? Or is he into other music genres?

[iloveasiangirls]

no he plays original music too, he's in a band called nucleur rabbit and theres also a great vid of him performing with yves carbonne(9 string fretless bass) just type in "11 string 9 string fretless bass" and search the results

[bassmasterclass89]

Michael is simply a melodic master.

[salfunky]

the best man!!!

[SimplexBassman]

Fucking amazing...I saw him perform this live at the Jazz Base in Reading PA...I still can't believe I saw him do this live...

[ftfrito]

and the thing that surprises me more in MAnring is that he uses the bass not only has a string instrument or percussion, he uses in its fullness

[ftfrito]

in my opinion his compositions are the best pieces ever made for bass. Petalittia your right. But its impossible a bass player not to have his/her technique influenced by Jaco, since he changed the view of the bass. But it is annoying how ppl stil compare guys like manring with jaco. Jaco was a great in his time, manring is great now. I think manring vision of the bass influences as Jaco vision influenced in his time. But i feel that Jaco is always put first, and manring is underrated

[deadhead812]

It's just because Jaco was the one who started it all, just like how Michael Hedges was the one who started it all for fingerstyle guitar. It's hard to talk about someone like Manring without mentioning Jaco, who clearly influenced him a particularly large amount.

[jamietrhcp17]

this is his best piece in my opinion

[diggywiddit]

How does one get Michael Manring to perform at your house anyway?

[FabledHero24]

well you would first have to call him and then ask him....o o o before that you have to get his number

so yea thats what i would think

[Petalittia]

That was a compliment to Manring! Dubious wording I know but I wrote it in a hurry. I mean Manring is not singular because the frettless sound IS Jaco, and the technique has similar characteristics.

I personally thing the composition "Enormous Room" is better/more beautiful than anything Jaco ever delivered, AND Manring has his head "switchted on" not "doped out" or "deranged".

[Petalittia]

If it wasn't for Jaco he would be an absolute singular under bassists.

[theremoteisfound]

im so lucky, im going to be getting a couple of lessons here soon from manring :DDDDD

[adrian5b]

Manring is like the Magallanes of bass... he explores where no one would dare to

[projspill]

Jaco did a lot for bass but when it comes right down to it I'd still rather listen to Manring.

[hookahsmokinbassguy]

thats like a thousand different kinds of awesome with cherries on top lol

[anaknimayor007]

How in heaven's name were you able to get Michael Manring to play at your house party?! Lucky you! Hell, you're beyond lucky. More like blessed. Next time you have a house party, please invite all of us too.=)

[chrispy2shoes]

Michael will say that jaco is his hero/god,but michael exceeds jaco by leaps and bounds.A lot of his alternate tunings influences are from Michael hedges.I started working on this piece years ago and now I have excellent visual reference to help me finish what I started. Michael is my Buddha.My Guru.My Tao.

[EtherealBassist]

Jaco and Michael don't even bear comparing really. Jaco was amazing, and Michael takes that legacy and jumps out the window with it! His playing is so incredibly beautiful that it brings me to tears. It's like a fresh breeze blowing through on a stifling hot day. Michael, thankyou so much for your incredible music!

[chrispy2shoes]

Touche. Well put.I just hope when he jumps he flies instead of hitting the pavement.lol :) Just bought an ebow to replace my lost one. Wanted to make my own hyperbass but Zon wont sell the bridge they use.Does anybody know who makes it?Can't seem to find any info.Thanks. Peace

[prey225]

Micheal Manring is Jesus

[spiderpig9870]

if manring is jesus then jaco is god

[1bass1master1]

Hell ya!!! Jaco is god.

[diablofn]

well, actually, manring's father would be god...?

[Flemmingdoerken]

One could argue that Jaco was his musical father in many ways..

[adrian5b]

jaco is really good and he did a lot for bass, but when it comes to skills Manring eats jaco alive... (I'm getting -10 for this comment and it will be marked as spam)

[cnairn]

To me they are very different. Besides, he would have to eat him dead! I like both of them and I love Mick Karn, Percy Jones, Pino Palladino, Mark Egan, Stomu Takeishi, and Zaq. The list could go on but you get the idea.

[adrian5b]

Manring is the bassis that has one of the most different playing styles than jaco, but still he is the one who can play the most like jaco... you get me?? haha I don't know how to say it

[FabledHero24]

they are both the best at what they do...i saw in one interview that manring actually asked jaco for tips and help and jaco gave them to him and didnt care if he would become better they are both great we all kno that they are both great musicians and they dont compete to see who is better they do what they love and theyre good at it lets leave it at that

[adrian5b]

oh yeah yeah in terms of greatness I have no doubt jaco is greater, I was referring to their skills

[lvanhalen]

true dat again I get u

[lvanhalen]

I was just thinking the same so you said it first and I agree.adrian5b

[rockston11]

@adrian5b

Haha, quite the opposite, friend.

[Zaul2410]

@adrian5b Manring was one of many Jaco's students

[jryuwah]

@adrian5b jaco pretty much laid the foundation on bass and every one picked up where he left off. he basically created the idea of harmonics on bass. here comes manring raising the bar higher with what's possible on a bass intrument

[josephjstern]

@adrian5b: I think any honest and objective observer would have to grant this. Manring is in his own league. Neither of us intends this to imply any disrespect toward Jaco, who was a tremendous innovator and popularizer of the bass.

[PumpkinlordEzmar]

@adrian5b No, I actually agree with you. They are/were both extremely talented musicians, but Michael's music is just Better, in many ways. Easier listening. Jaco had maybe a bit more feel, but less polish. Needless to say, I love them both.

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@prey225

then that makes Les Claypool God

[wackiirahki]

i'm just going through the seach engine marking just about everything by manring as a favorite...i still say this should be illegal.

[Extolmx]

GRANDE MANRING!! uno de los mejores bajistas del mundo sin duda alguna

[omni008]

Perfection. Many of Michaels tunes move me to tears. Powerful Stuff, and in my opinion the greatest bassist alive.

[crashvirus]

I know you said it takes blackmail to make this dude play in your living room... And I imagine it must be some *seriously* potent blackmail...

But if he's ever in Australia he's welcome to play in mine. I'm sure I could gather a crowd lol.

[codybosel]

this man is a god

[nikifena]

Attention deficit is one of my favourite bands!!

GREAT bass player !!!

[RiotSk8Team001]

agreed.

attention deficit needs to go on tour or at least release a couple more albums.

when else is there ever such a great combo like alex, tim, and michael?

[BCKBCK]

Hyperbass? More like Hyberbassist!

[prasiddha]

WHOA!